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Cook every day: read Suzanne Ciani’s 1976 Buchla Cookbook, for free
In 1976, Suzanne Ciani reported back to the USA’s National Endowment for the Arts with a report on her compositions, in the form of a modular cookbook. Now you can read her notes and follow along using entirely free software, complete with sound examples. I love overusing the cookbook metaphor, maybe just because food is […]
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The best lesser-sung sounds of 2026 so far
It’s time for a sonic refill. David Abravanel is here with a full supply of lush arps, washes of sound, rapid-fire grooves — everything Appleblim to Posthuman to Vladislav Delay Quintet, Suzanne Ciani and a bunch more. Your mission: buy some downloads if you can spare the change, and load up some full-album listens in a player of your choice. And maybe turn off the world for a while. -Ed.
Moog just posted an all-star art and tech panel; all that and an Oberheim
It’s not every day you get to see this lineup – Moog Music meets the Bob Moog Foundation with Michelle Moog-Koussa, Lisa Bella Donna, Suzanne Ciani, Brian Kehew, Steve Dunnington, King Britt, and Rory Kaplan. Moog just posted the video from NAMM last month. And speaking of the Moog Foundation, they’ve also got a big raffle going – and, surprise, it’s for an Oberheim synth, not a Moog.
Peter Kirn - February 28, 2025
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A year in music: don’t-miss releases, unsung gems, unhyped breakthroughs
David Abravanel - December 29, 2023
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Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022
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Spatial sound, Suzanne Ciani, a free workshop online, and the joy of quad, with KamranV
Peter Kirn - June 23, 2021
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